“L/Cpl Sidney Addison was a young soldier, fit, keen and the very type of man we need in airborne forces; he was killed in tragic circumstances in a road accident near to his home”

Pegasus Journal January 1961

L/Cpl Addison died on 11 October 1960.

He was serving in 17th Battalion (9th Durham Light Infantry) T.A.  HQ Company, Gateshead.